Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller At His Best Vol 1-3 (2017)

Glenn Miller's reign as the most popular bandleader in the U.S. came relatively late in his career and was relatively brief, lasting only about three and a half years, from the spring of 1939 to the fall of 1942. But during that period he utterly dominated popular music, and over time he has proven the most enduring figure of the swing era, with reissues of his recordings achieving gold record status 40 years after his death. Miller developed a distinctive sound in which a high-pitched clarinet carried the melody, doubled by a saxophone section playing an octave lower, and he used that sound to produce a series of hits that remain definitive examples of swing music. Miller's approach is not much appreciated by jazz fans, who prefer bands that allow for greater improvisation than was found in his highly disciplined, rigorously rehearsed unit. But he brought the swing style of popular music to a level of sophistication and commercial acceptance it had not previously achieved and would not see again after his untimely passing.




TRACKLIST

01. In the Mood
02. Moonlight Serenade
03. Chattanooga Choo-Choo (feat. Tex Beneke, The Four Modernaires)
04. Pennsylvania 6-5000
05. Tuxedo Junction
06. A String of Pearls
07. American Patrol
08. That Old Black Magic (feat. Skip Nelson, The Modernaires)
09. Elmer's Tune (feat. Ray Eberle, The Modernaires)
10. Moonlight Cocktail (feat. Ray Eberle, The Modernaires)
11. (I've Got A Gal In) Kalamazoo [feat. Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton, The Four Modernaires]
12. I Know Why (feat. Paula Kelly, The Four Modernaires) [And So Do You]
13. Star Dust
14. Over the Rainbow (feat. Ray Eberle)
15. Perfidia (feat. Dorothy Claire, The Modernaires)
16. Rhapsody in Blue
17. Moon Love (feat. Ray Eberle) [From Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony, Second Movement]
18. Farewell Blues
19. Blue Evening (feat. Ray Eberle)
20. Bluebirds in the Moonlight (feat. Marion Hutton)




TRACKLIST

01. King Porter Stomp
02. And the Angels Sing (feat. Ray Eberle)
03. The Lady's in Love with You (feat. Tex Beneke)
04. Little Brown Jug
05. But It Didn't Mean a Thing (feat. Marion Hutton)
06. Stairway to the Stars (feat. Ray Eberle)
07. Pagan Love Song
08. We Can Live on Love (feat. Marion Hutton)
09. Glenn Island Special
10. It's a Blue World (feat. Ray Eberle)
11. Ain't Cha Comin' Out (feat. Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton)
12. Runnin' Wild
13. Sunrise Serenade
14. Oh You Crazy Moon (feat. Ray Eberle)
15. Indian Summer (feat. Ray Eberle)
16. The Rhumba Jumps (feat. Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton)
17. Polka Dots and Moonbeams (feat. Ray Eberle)
18. April Played the Fiddle (feat. Ray Eberle)
19. Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)
20. Be Happy




TRACKLIST

01. The Nearness of You (feat. Ray Eberle)
02. My Blue Heaven
03. It's Always You (feat. Ray Eberle)
04. Bugle Call Rag
05. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
06. Yes, My Darling Daughter (feat. Marion Hutton)
07. Anvil Chorus (Part 1 and 2)
08. You Stepped Out of a Dream (feat. Ray Eberle, The Modernaires)
09. I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
10. Sun Valley Jump
11. Slumber Song
12. The Spirit Is Willing
13. Adios
14. Moonlight Sonata (feat. Ray Eberle)
15. At Last (feat. Ray Eberle)
16. Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (feat. Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton, The Modernaires) [With Anyone Else but Me]
17. Serenade in Blue (feat. Ray Eberle)
18. Carribean Clipper
19. Juke Box Saturday Night (feat. Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton, The Modernaires)
20. Moonlight Becomes You (feat. Skip Nelson, The Modernaires)